Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong
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The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (聖母無原罪主教座堂) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Hong Kong.
It is located at 16 Caine Road, Mid-levels, in Central. It opens 7:00 am to 7:00 pm daily.
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[edit] History
The first Roman Catholic cathedral of Hong Kong was built in 1843on Wellington Street and destroyed in a fire in 1859. The cathedral was rebuilt, but subsequently a different site was selected just above Caine Road by the Glenealy Ravine, where it is still located today. The Cathedral was designed by Crawlwey and Company of London. Construction of the new one started in 1883. Services first began in July 1886 under the auspices of the Reverend Vicar Apostolic Domenico Pozzoni and the first Mass was celebrated on December 7, 1888.
[edit] Renovation
The Cathedral’s original timber roof was replaced with concrete roof in 1952; the main altar was also reconstructed in the early 1980s.
The Cathedral underwent renovation in 2002, and the renovation project was awards with an Honorable Mention of the 2003 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation.
[edit] Features
The Cathedral measures 272 feet in length and 132 feet wide, with 38 columns. It is an imposing Gothic Revival style built in a Greek cruciform shape with a tower at the intersection of the nave and transepts. It is constructed predominantly of bricks and stone over a granite platform and is supported by external buttresses.
[edit] Gallery
 The North side of the Cathedral |
 The Status of the Holy Mary |
 The narthex in the Cathedral |
 The stairway to the ambo in the Cathedral |
 The nave of the Cathedral |
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 The full name of the Cathedral |
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 The board of the Cathedral |
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- UNESCO Bangkok- Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong SAR
